Cord Jefferson

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Cord Jefferson is riding high as the Oscar-nominated writer and director of American Fiction, which has widely and properly been acclaimed as one of the best films of the past year. Even more exciting is the fact that Jefferson has never made a movie before. Leonard and Jessie enjoyed exploring the building blocks of his career that led to this achievement. He was on the writing staff of Larry Wilmore’s Late Night comedy show and Aziz Ansari’s Master of None, among others, when a series of events pointed him toward filmmaking. Step One was finding a property he cared enough about to adapt and then direct. Unlike other neophytes who get their first break right out of film school, Cord had traveled the world and worked as a journalist before he ever stepped foot on a movie set. We are eager to see what comes next.

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0:23.3	Go to patreon.com slash Malton on Movies for more information. That's patreon.com slash Malton on movies.
0:29.3	Hi everybody, I'm Leonard Malton. And I'm Jesse Malton.
0:38.5	You're listening to Malton on Movies.
0:40.1	And our guest is an Academy Award nominee.
0:44.2	Damn straight.
0:45.2	And an award-winning writer-director, which I couldn't have said just two years ago.
0:52.9	Yeah.
0:53.8	He's just made his first movie, and the movie is terrific.
0:57.1	It's American fiction, and his name is Cord Jefferson.
1:00.5	Welcome, Cord.
1:01.6	Thank you so much for having me.
1:03.9	It's a pleasure.
1:04.9	Now, I have to tell you, you and I, unknowingly to you,
1:08.5	have a perfect LA connection. Really? How that? Well, so a couple of months ago,
1:14.8	my friend Nicole sends me a text and says, oh my gosh, this guy that we're friendly with,
1:21.1	his name's Core Jefferson. He has this movie coming out and you guys have to see it. And I said,
1:25.1	tell me more about it. And she did. And she said, just keep his name on your radar. So I tell my dad. And I said, tell me more about it. And she did. And she said,
1:28.1	just keep his name on your radar. So I tell my dad. And I said, I guess the movie's going to be
1:32.3	called American fiction. His name is Court Jefferson. Nicole says that you should. So this is
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